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Mission’s prison has been declared COVID-19 free –  after more than a hundred inmates  and staff came down with the virus last month.

Canada’s top doc Theresa Tam is urging Canadians to continue to be kind to one another – and if someone chooses not to wear a mask – let them be.

So much for friendly neighbours!
Up in the Kootenays, nasty notes are being left on cars with Alberta license plates – the messages – a lot of @%$#@ – and things like “go home, you’re supposed to be avoiding non-essential travel!”
One car’s driver used to work in Alberta, they just haven’t switched their plates yet.

The Trump twitter war continues!
Last week the site was his best friend – now – after it added fact-checking links to two of his tweets last week – he’s calling on them to be punished – adding social media sites should be neutral.

Finally your kids can burn off that pent up energy!
All city parks and school playgrounds are set to reopen June 1st, with skateparks below also opening this Saturday.

  • Bear Creek Park
  • Royal Kwantlen Park
  • Fraser Heights Park
  • Cloverdale Fairgrounds
  • South Surrey Athletic Park
  • Tom Binnie Park
  • Surrey Sport & Leisure Complex
  • Guildford Recreation CentreThe City is stressing physical distancing must be followed and there will be limits on how many people can be in each skate park at a time.

Langley Lodge senior home now has the worst outbreak of COVID-19 in B.C
22 residents have died from COVID-19 with all residents confined to their rooms and meals being delivered.

Surrey now has a second urgent and primary care centre, in Newton.
Located at 6830 King George Blvd., and operated by Fraser Health, this new centre provides same-day care for people needing help within 12 to 24 hours but who don’t require an emergency department. This includes patients with sprains, minor cuts and burns, high fevers and minor infections.

The Chilliwack School Board has censured a trustee over a Facebook post earlier this month that suggested Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, hasn’t been honest about her gender.  Neufeld continues to apologize for his comments.

Surrey Summer sports organizations are working on their ‘return to sport game plans’ – hoping to get soccer and other sports up and running this summer – we won’t be able to watch games as restrictions will keep the numbers to teams, referees and coach staff only. With that – overnight camps are cancelled for 2020 – Dr. Bonnie Henry stated that there just isn’t a safe way to have school aged kid sleepovers and prevent the spread of COVID.

Is anyone really ‘that’ surprised?
On Thursday world leaders met by video conferencing to discuss the need for global co-operation during COVID-19 except for one – Trump.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is sometimes seen as a Trump ally, made a point throughout the meeting to to criticize America’s go-it-alone policy – saying no single country can find a solution to the crisis, we must work together.